Solar Return & BirthdaysApril 1 Zodiac Sign: Aries, and the Exact Degree
April 1 is Aries in every year from 1930 to 2035. The exact degree range, the decan and its ruler, the tarot card that shares it, and what a birthday can and cannot tell you.
Astrology, explained plainly
Your chart, your year and the people in it, written in ordinary English. Every date here is computed from an ephemeris rather than copied from another site, and every article says what astrology cannot tell you as clearly as what it can.
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AspectsMars Quincunx Saturn: What This Aspect Means
Mars quincunx Saturn puts the two 150 degrees apart. Mars governs drive, anger and desire, Saturn governs limits, work and maturity, and the pairing is about the accelerator and the brake, used at the same time, which is exhausting until it becomes stamina. Here is what the angle does to it.
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Pisces and Mars in Aries: One Sign Apart
Venus in Pisces is drawn to gentleness and imagination. Somebody kind, who is not hard work, and Mars in Aries goes after it directly and at speed. You ask, early, and you do not spend long wondering. The two signs are next door to each other, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
SynastryMercury in the 1st House Synastry
Their Mercury in your 1st house lands on how you come across, your body and who you are being, bringing talk, questions and a steady supply of information. What it feels like from the house side, what it feels like from the planet side, and why those are not the same reading.
Your Age in AstrologyAge 82 in Astrology: Your 11th House Year
At 82 your profected house is the 11th: friendship and hopes. How the age gives you the house, which planet runs your year for each rising sign, and why no major cycle lands at this age.
Solar Return & BirthdaysJune 26 Zodiac Sign: Cancer, and the Exact Degree
June 26 is Cancer in every year from 1930 to 2035. The exact degree range, the decan and its ruler, the tarot card that shares it, and what a birthday can and cannot tell you.
Finding Your Birth TimeHow to Find Your Birth Time in Vermont
The hour is on the certified copy of the original Vermont birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what Vermont clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.
NumerologyLife Path 6: The caretaker
Life path 6 is the caretaker: responsibility, home, service. Here is how to calculate yours from your birth date, what the number actually describes, and where numerology ends.
Solar Return & BirthdaysJanuary 21 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius, and the Exact Degree
January 21 is Aquarius in every year from 1930 to 2035. The exact degree range, the decan and its ruler, the tarot card that shares it, and what a birthday can and cannot tell you.
Rising SignsLibra Sun Libra Rising: Your Sun Is in the 1st House
Libra Sun with Libra rising puts your Sun in the 1st house, which is about your identity itself. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
CompatibilityAries and Sagittarius Compatibility: The Honest Version
Aries and Sagittarius are a trine, 120 degrees apart. Here is what that structure genuinely means, what strains, and why comparing two Sun signs is the weakest form of this.
Planets in HousesMars in the First House: What It Means
Mars in the first house puts drive, anger and desire into the department of self and first impressions. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
TarotFour of Pentacles: Tarot Meaning and Sun in Capricorn
The Four of Pentacles means holding, security, grip. What it means upright and reversed, the four ways readers handle reversals, and the Sun in Capricorn attribution behind it.
Moon SignsLibra Sun Aquarius Moon: A Trine
Libra Sun aims to be fair, and to make things work between people; Aquarius Moon needs room, and not to have your feelings interpreted for you. The two signs are four signs apart, which is what decides whether those two agree, and it also tells you the lunar phase you were born under.
Planets in SignsSaturn in Gemini: What It Means in a Birth Chart
Saturn governs limits, work and maturity, and Gemini is an air sign in mutable mode. Here is what the placement does, its shadow, and the real dates Saturn is in Gemini.
Transits & ForecastsUranus Transiting Your 2nd House: About 7 Years
Uranus through your 2nd house puts about seven years of pressure on money and self-worth. The real dates for all twelve rising signs, computed from the ephemeris, including the retrograde wobble at the start.
AspectsMars Sextile Saturn: What This Aspect Means
Mars sextile Saturn puts the two 60 degrees apart. Mars governs drive, anger and desire, Saturn governs limits, work and maturity, and the pairing is about the accelerator and the brake, used at the same time, which is exhausting until it becomes stamina. Here is what the angle does to it.
Your Age in AstrologyAge 78 in Astrology: Your 7th House Year
At 78 your profected house is the 7th: partnership and marriage. How the age gives you the house, which planet runs your year for each rising sign, and why no major cycle lands at this age.
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